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Machiko Kyo
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Floating Weeds
on DVD (1959)
Starring: Ganjiro Nakamura, Machiko Kyo, Ayako Wakao
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
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In this sly and subtle Japanese morality tale, Yasujiro Ozu observes a stray Kabuki troupe as they follow their leader to a small coastal village. The troupe puts on a shambling performance and questions their vocation. Meanwhile, the troupe leader visits an old mistress and their illegitimate son ..read more »
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from 222 members
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Akasen Chitai / Yokihi
(2 discs)
on DVD (1955)
Starring: Machiko Kyo, Aiko Mimasu, Masayuki Mori
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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Akasen Chitai [Red Light District, aka Street of Shame] sadly, the very last film by Kenji Mizoguchi (Sansho Dayu, Ugetsu Monogatari) presents a vivid portrait of prostitution in 1950s Japan. In a Tokyo brothel named Dreamland an obvious irony given the faded hopes of those who work there the lives ..read more »
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77%
from 44 members
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Rashomon
on DVD (1950)
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyo
Director: Akira Kurosawa
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Akira Kurosawa's highly acclaimed film, set in feudal Japan, presents an intriguing tale of violent crime in the woods, told from the perspective of four different characters--a bandit (Toshiro Mifune), a woman (Machiko Kyo), her husband (Masayuki Mori), and a woodcutter (Takashi Shimura). Only two ..read more »
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75%
from 1,807 members
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Ugetsu Monogatari / Oyu-Sama
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyo, Ikio Sawamura
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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Ugetsu Monogatar: Mizoguchi's Ugetsu Monogatari [Tales of the Rain and Moon] is a highly acclaimed masterwork of Japanese cinema. Based on a pair of 18th century ghost stories by Ueda Akinari. Amidst the pandemonium of civil war, potter Genjuro (Mori Masayuki) and samurai-aspirant Tobei (Ozawa ..read more »
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from 338 members
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